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Old 03-21-2019, 03:50 PM #1
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Stupid tach question
So - doing the 5 speed swap in my 1998 4Runner and have a stupid (?) question regarding the tach... my tachometer has the gear position indicators built in and they are annoying as hell.

So I just wanted to verify that the factory manual ones have a different tach without the gear positions.... also - does anyone know what year / model swaps over without issue? (ie 1996-1998 manual 4Runner or Tacoma)

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A cluster from a manual 4runner will not have "PRNDL" in it. As for the swap the little that I know is it's best to get your parts from the same year. Other years may work but it gets weird. There are threads out there about manual swapping and what years to get parts from.
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The tachometer comes off from the gauge cluster. The PCB for the 98 is the same on 4 cylinder vs 6 cylinder. I'd see if you could pull out a gauge cluster from a 99, pull the tach off and put it on. Hopefully the wiring is the same. The tachometers for a 4 cylinder and a 6 cylinder are different.
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Thanks guys - ended up finding what is advertised as a 98 tach - no gear indicator lights so spent the like <$20 for it - should be here soon - worst case I'll swap the PCB and movement from mine to that face
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I did an auto-manual swap on an old Honda Accord station wagon for that I kept my gauge cluster and just pulled the bulbs for the gear indicator section and swapped the faceplate from a junk yard manual cluster into mine to cover the gear indicators. I don't have a manual 4runner cluster to reference but figured I'd throw the idea out there. That way you can keep your original miles.
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Well - swapped it over - works perfect. The PCB had the same number as the outgoing auto version - the auto had the gear indicator module - simply left the plug disconnected. tested and everything works correctly and reads accurately

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